Electric hair-curling kit.



S. STUCKEY.

ELECTRIC HAIR CURLING KIT.

APPLICATION man 1uLY10.1917.

Patented July 23, 1918.

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ELECTRIC HAIR CURLING KIT.

APPLICATIOII FILED JULY I0. 19.11. 1 ,27 3, 1 99. Patente July 23, 1918.

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SADIE STUCKEY, OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

ELECTRIC HAIR-CURLIN G KIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Application filed July 10J 1917. Serial No. 179,689.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, Sanna STUCKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa-'and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Hair- Curling Kits, of 4which the following is a specification. l

Y rlhe invention has for an object to provide a hair curling kit including an electric Vheater requiring no special support, but

which may be set upon any flat horizontal surface and utilized for heating an iron and curling the hair. It is an important object to give an appliance of this character which may be folded very compactly, and to so construct the iron and heater element that they will coact and contribute to form a unitary outfit, the parts of which will not become detached casually, so that they will always be found together and there will be a minimum liability of their separation or the loss of one of the parts from the other. It is an important object particularly, to give a satisfactory form of construction in the curling iron whereby it may be easily folded, and will be securely retained in open position when desired.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will appearin the construction, arrangement and combinationof parts hereinafter described and shown in the drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is an elevational View of the kit in closed position,

Fig.l 2 is a similar view of the device ready for use in curling hair,

Fig. 3 is a detail of the pivotal and fastener construction of the curling iron, Fig. e is a cross sectional view of the heater, t

Fig. 5 is an end view of one embodiment of the heater,

Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the possible pivotal connections for the supporting brackets of the heater.

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the complete device in a modified form, folded.

.Fig` S is a longitudinal sectional view of the barrel of the heater'. Y Fig. 9 is a detail of the core element of the heater, detached.

Y There is illustrated a hair curling kit comprising a heater 10, and a curling iron 11. The heater comprises an inner cylindrical casing section 12, having at one end the flange 13 with an inturned edge portion 14,

parallel to the cylindrical body 12. Any

outer cylindrical casing section 15 is also provided, having an inwardly directed flange 16 at one end, with an inturned cylindrical edge portion 17, parallel to the part 15. The edge portion le of the rst mentioned section is of a diameter to iit the cylinder 15 snugly, while the interned edge portion 1T (sce Figs. 8 and 9) is of a diameter to fit snugly around the end of the cylinder l2 opposite the flange 13. Around the cylinder 12 there is disposed a suitable insulation 18, upon which a suitable heating coil 19 is wound, a body of insulating material 2O being disposed outwardly thereof within the cylinder 15. The ends of the coil are connccted to suitable wires iixed. in proper bushings 22 in the flange le of the inner section of the heater casing. These wires are of customary length, and have at their outer ends an ordinary attaching plug 23, adapted to be screwed in the usual lamp socket.

Adjacent each end of the heater, and on each side, there are secured pivot lugs 24, each having a central recess 25, receiving the inturned extremity 26 of a wire bracket bail and support 27, formed of resilient wire under tension by which its extremities bear inwardly upon respective pivot lugs, there being two of the bails, located adjacent respective ends of the heater with arms located on opposite sides of the heater and engaged with the respective adjacent pivot lugs. All of the lugs are formed with grooves in their outer faces extending from the central aperture at right angles to the heater in one direction, so that when the bails are moved to their outermost position, their arms may snap into these grooves and be held yieldably against oscillation. Adjacent the inner ends of the grooves, and'on the inner sides of the lugs, toward the central part of the heater, there are formed spiral cam faces Q8, inclined downwardly toward the side of the heater casing, and beginning outwardly of the recess and intermediately of one side of The outer parts of the bail have U-shaped bight portions 29, bent at right angles to a plane including the inner parts of the arms of the bails, toward the casing, so that when the bails are in their extended position the bights will lie in a plane parallel to the Voasing of the heater, and serve to support it' steadily upon any nat horizontal surface. 'Ihfe bight portions are snlficiently 'extended to receive and hold therewithin the curling iron 11, when folded and laid against the centralv portion ofthe heaterV casing, and the bails moved inward.

By the action of the bail arms on the cam face before mentioned, the bails will be forced inwardly against the curling iron, so that it Vwill be held 'snugly against casual detafchment.

rIhe curling iron comprises a handle 31, in which there is suitably fixed a shank stub 32, bifurcatedfat its outer part and slightly curved toward one side. Y

Pivoted between the furcations of this shankthere is a tongue 33, formed on the body 34 of the curling iron, vwhich comprises a bar of metal 'of suitable thickness and length, having its inner end curved slightly, immediately adjacent its v pivot, so that when the iron is in 'extended position the inner curved part will project slightly in the same direction as the curved part of the shank 32. By this formation, the curling iron body may be folded inwardly to lie snugly and flatly. against the handle portiony when desired, and when moved to outermost Y position the Cul'VGdpart 0f the iron proper and the curved part of the shank 32 will extend at a slight angle to each other, `as shown in Fig. 2. Both the shankj32 and the tongue 33,are formed with notches 34, posi'- tioned to lie in transverse alinement when the iron isin extended position, Vand suit# ably secured in relation to the shank 32there is a spring 36', having an inturnedbill 37, and under tension tei'id-ing to force the bill into the alined notches, so that when the iron is moved into extended position the spring will snap into the alined notches 'and prevent Vfurther relative movement of the parts until the spring is lifted. In this manner, an extremely light metal tongue .is made available for holding the parts of the ir'on against pivotal movement and resisting considerable force tending to move the body of the iron on its pivot. Y The spring is fffrn'iedY with a suitable bill 37 on its outer part, adapted to receive a linger nail there# under by which it may be lifted.

VBefore use, the kit is normally in closed conporting bails 'of the heater are simply pulled to their extended positions, when they will snap into-the grooves before mentioned and be held in proper extended relation. This frees the iron, which is removed and pulled to open position, the spring automatically snapping into engagement to hold the parts'I in extended order. The heater being set upon a suitable supporting surface the plug 23 is screwed' into an adjacent lamp socket, after which the current isturn'ed on to heat the device. The iron is inserted within the heater, the size of the inner cylinder of the casing being very slightly largerY than the iron 34, so that' the latter may fit snugly and slidably therein, in whichmanner the iron is properly 'supported withoutv requiring any brackets 'or other Vsupports beneath the'handle". The iron may be nsed in curl# ing hair in any of the familiar methods ordinarily practised. Y

In Figs. 5 andV 7 there is illustrated va form of device inV which the bail' elements are so shaped at eachside that when moved' into closed positiointhe inner portions 27 will project above the center of the barrel 15 and these parts are curved inwardly as shown in Fig. 5 r'so as to bear against the barrel, holding the bails yieldably against outward movement, in addition to the veffect. of the vcam portion on'the pivot lug before described. This will' rmake the 'retention of the curliiig iron doubly secure. In Figs. 5 and 7 the parts corresponding to vthose first described are indicated by like numerals, with the addition-of prime` marks.

What is claimed :1. y f

l. A device of the character describedV comprising a tubular cylindrical heating element, longitudinally spaced supporting Y'elements thereon havingV transverse portions" adapted to bear toward the side ofthe heater element when the supports are moved inwardly, means tending to cause the supports to move to innermost positions, and ar curling iron constructed to engage snugly e, against the side of a heater element within said transverse portion for retention thereby.

2. In a device of the character described la heater device comprising a tnbular cylinsaid lugs, Said arms heilig under tension to In testimony whereof I have affixed my bear yieldahly against the lugs, and consignature in presence of two witnesses. structed to engage snugly ln said grooves 1n one position, and to engage on said spiral SADIE STUCKEY Cam portion at another position, whereby Witnesses:

the bails will be moved inwardly and held WM. P. HUIE,

in Closed position. M. P. HUIE.

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